Hee hee! Guess what I signed up for today! Bartending classes! I’ve always loved playing with liquids and enjoyed mixology, plus I’m often the one playing with and inventing drinks at friends’ parties, anyway. When I see a full bar all colorful on display, I actually feel a twinge of excitement. I used to get that sensation when I stepped into the library as a child. How things have changed.

I’d been throwing around the idea for awhile, but last week when I was talking to Gym Trainee about it, she said she’d always loved playing with cocktail concoctions, too, and offered to take the class with me. By the next day she told me that her sister had offered to care for her son on the nights we have class, and that she’s definitely in. That was all the encouragement I needed! I am so excited.

At the conclusion of the course, we get a certificate, which I believe permits me to be legally hired as a bartender. Not only is it good side money (and pretty brainless, I imagine), I can offer to bartend for all the house parties that my friends/coworkers have. How cool to have a legal bartender among our midst! I hope that bartending gigs have REALLY flexible hours, cuz I don’t want to work every nite. Everyone I’ve talked to who used to bartend or who has kids who bartend have nothing but good things to say about the experience.

Mr. W is going to kick my ass.